A Rare Case of Twinning Involving Primary Maxillary Lateral Incisor with Review of Literature

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2

Abstract

Twinning is referred to the development of two separate teeth that arose from the complete separation of one tooth bud. To the best of our knowledge very few cases of twinning in primary or permanent dentition have been previously reported. Here, we report an additional case of twinning involving primary maxillary left lateral incisor and a literature review of clinical and radiographic findings of previous reported cases of gemination and twinning is also discussed. A six-year-old male patient reported to the dental clinic with the complaint of decay in the left front teeth region of the upper jaw. On clinical examination, dentinal caries was observed on the labial surface of primary maxillary left lateral incisor. The tooth showed a deep groove present in relation to the labial surface and incisal edge and continued cervically as a shallow groove. The patient had normal compliment of teeth for his age. The intra-oral periapical radiograph of the maxillary anterior region revealed large crown and a radiolucent notch was observed in relation to the incisal edge of the maxillary left primary lateral incisor. Relatively one pulp chamber and two root canals were observed in relation to the primary maxillary left lateral incisor, which was suggestive of a case of twinning involving primary maxillary left lateral incisor. This present case is the first case report of twining seen in primary dentition.

Authors and Affiliations

Santosh Hunasgi, Anila Koneru, Vardendra Manvikar, M Vanishree, Rudraraju Amrutha

Keywords

Related Articles

An Innovative Technique to Evaluate Quantitative Pupillary Light Reflex by Dynamic Pupillometry using Infrared Videography

ABSTRACT Introduction: An innovative approach was designed to quantify the pupillary light reflex using infrared and white light illumination. This method is convenient to detect pupil edges, area and the diameter of pup...

Flexor Tenosynovitis in Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis: What do Ultrasound and MRI Show

ABSTRACT Introduction: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory arthritis which primarily affects the synovial lining of joints. Tendon sheath is also composed of synovial lining and tendon involvement i...

Comparative Study of the Flexural Strength of High Impact Denture Base Resins Reinforced by Silver Nanoparticles and E-Glass Fibres: An In-Vitro Study

ABSTRACT Introduction: In spite of being proven a promising material of choice as a denture base material, the fracture resistance of conventional poly methyl methacrylate could be enhanced. Aim: This in vitro study was...

Clinical Spectrum of Autoimmune Encephalitis: Case Series from Western Rajasthan

Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE) is a challenging diagnosis due to the similarities in the clinical, imaging and laboratory findings among many forms of infectious encephalitis. Patients generally have impaired memory and co...

Validation of Gujarati Translated Version of Stroke Impact Scale

ABSTRACT Introduction: Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) is an outcome measure for assessment of quality of life in post stroke patients. SIS version 3.0 and SIS-16 has been translated by MAPI Research Institute into various lan...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP333634
  • DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2017/23510.9212
  • Views 123
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Santosh Hunasgi, Anila Koneru, Vardendra Manvikar, M Vanishree, Rudraraju Amrutha (2017). A Rare Case of Twinning Involving Primary Maxillary Lateral Incisor with Review of Literature. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 11(2), 9-11. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-333634